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member was permitted to move on. Cor
bett then took possession OF the speakers
\ gallery, and walking in front of the door,
held it during the entire forenoon session,
refusing to allow any one to come near.
Three city policemen were called, but
they would not venture into the dark cor
| ridor. and the slayer OF Booth held pos.
| session. At IL o'clock he sent word down
to the house to adjourn or he would come
| down and adjourn it himself. The house
| adjourned. Corbett was afterward cap
! tured in the lower corridor, dis armed and
taken to the police station, where he is
now confined. He will be taken before the
| probate Judge, adiudged insane and con.
fined in. an asylum.
| Confession Of q Murderer.
Edward Unger, on trial at New York
! for the murder of Louis Bohle. whose body
| he cut up, packed in a trunk and sent by
express to Baltimore, gave his testimony
He said: He and Bohle quarreled be-
! cause they did not succeed in
ship. Bohle accused him OF cheating in
the sale OF sausage castings. Bohle brooded
| over it, and on the night OF Jan. 20, when
Ungsr's boy went out, Unger was writing
! or reading. Bohle sat still and muttered
| until Unger got mad, got up and poked the
fire. Bohle sat on the sofa and said: You
are all id - -,'' Witness said:
Don't you call me that and put his
| hand on Bohle's head. Bohle struck him
in the neck. Unger struck at him with
the poker and Bohle grabbed big
butcher knife on the table and
made a rush. Unger grabbed the
! hammer from a. tool box near him and
struck Bohle rs he came on. Unger's hand
was cut by a faR. He struck Bohle twice
| and Bohle fell back on the sofa. Unger
| saw that he was dead. He pulled out the
| Sc ttee, put Bohle behind it and wiped the
blood Off the sofa.
mains, packed them in a trunk and ship
ped them away WAS told in it's minutest
details.
Isaac Staples Buys theSt. Croix Water Power.
A special from St. Croix Falls, Wis,
says: Maj j. S. Baker has returned home
| from Saltwater where he closed the details
OF q final sale OF the Cushing interests at
this point to Hon. Isaac Staples.
There have been for weeks past
various conflicting reports in circula.
tion, and much dickering OF capital
lists and corporations with Mai. Baker for
this immense and valuable water privilege
and block OF real estate. Mr.. Staples stated
| to yourcorrespondent that he had purchas.
ed this water power forimmediate improve
ment. He alone owns $50, OOO, 900 to 3OO,-
100000 feet OF pine tributary to this
point and it is his purpose to proceed to
the erection OF a dam. canal and mills and
commence the manufacture OF lumber in
the near future. Improvements will be OF
the most substantial character. The
dam will be located on sight OF
the old Gushing improvement.
The canal and mills erected on this, the
Wisconsin, side OF the ST. Croix The can.
al will be SO constructed as to furnish un-
limited power for other manufacturing
purposes. The 2, 400 acres Of land, 1,O5O
village lots involved in this purchase, will
soon be on the market for actual settle
ment or improvement. The price paid
was $4,000.
Secretary Manning's letter ofre ignation
and President Clevelands reply thereto
are published.
Senator Morrill,, from the committee on
finance reported favorably q bill to amend
the Revised Statutes by adding St. Paul,
Minneapolis and other cities to the list OF
lawful money reserve cities.
When Congressman Allen OF Mississippi
had finished his witty speech on the consu-
lar and diplomatic appropriation bill he
:onvulsed the house by saying: "Mr.
| Speaker, i wish to announce chat | shall re-
tire to the cloak room to receive the con-
gratulations of my fellow members.
Congressman Strait has received Min
| aesota patent Tor land on bounty war
:ant belonging to r. G. Gerry, which is
| signed by President Buchanan. It has
been lying in the land Office all this time.
| Land Commissioner Sparks will recon-
mend to the secretary OF the interior at an
| sarly date the restoration to settlement
entry, under the public land laws, of 26, 900
acres OF land formerly patented to Iowa
Or. the Sioux City & st. Paul railway COM
pany, and recently reconveyed by the state
] to the United States.
Young Ernest Brandon, the solo treble
Df st. Johns Episcopal church choir in
New FORK, has a voice which extends from
D below the staff to F in alt. He appeared
IN concerts when eight years old.
John G. Calhoun, grandson OF the great
South Carolinian, has the second largest
cotton field in the United States.
I The cabinet decided to recommend to
congress the pay y1nent Of the claims {$4, 167)
of Chinese residents OF Washington terri
sory for losses sustained during the recent
:icts.
Attorney General Garland decides that
| the fencing OF contiguous corners of sec
lions OF railroad lands in such a way as to
prevent the passage of settlers upon the
| government sections is unla wful.
A stockman OF eighteen years experience,
| writes from Billings Feb. over the initials
". w. j." This is the hardest winter
that I ever experienced. ! estimate my
| :attle loss at SO per cent. now, and think
it will reach 70 per cent. think that
| reat many newScattlemen will never come
ont even unless they iced hay.
| Postoffices ablished Dakota: Nova,
Walsh county. Minnesota: Tweet. Polk
county. Postmasters commissioned
Minnesota: st. Leo. j. p. Schommer
Fourth-class postmasters appointed Da-
sota: Minot, H. Fl. Mcnamara. Iowa:
Bard, G. w. Dayton; Ivy, w. j. Mclean;
Batavia, ii. Z. Ogden; Medinoyille, I.
yoester; Upton, 3. NJ. Bryan.
Miss Duke, daughter OF Gen. Bassil Duke
:he Confederate cavalryman. is dclighting
Washington society by her exquisite violin
| playing,
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